put on a pedestal
Example Sentences
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Ms Hill-Uekawa adds that she shouldn't be put on a pedestal simply because she is a woman.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
A box with three glass walls has been put on a pedestal in front of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.
From Reuters • Apr. 30, 2023
The article was about Harry's family, but could have been describing readers who didn't appreciate learning quite so many details about this prince they had put on a pedestal.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2023
In selecting Shiraz, a city in the southwest of Iran, Farhadi wanted to build a bridge between his contemporary saga about a man put on a pedestal and hero worship in antiquity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022
Here was no pretty Beggar Maid for masculine condescension, but rather a little goddess to be put on a pedestal and worshiped.
From Glory of Youth by Hutt, Henry
